Ethics For School Business Officials

Aimed at practitioners and graduate students, this text highlights the importance of ethical behavior in the professional life of school business officers. It then presents multiple ethical frameworks for SBOs to consider when making decisions in areas such as human resource management and the handling of public funds. The text is based upon material presented by the authors at a professional development workshop for SBOs held at The Pennsylvania State University. Distributed in the U.S. by Rowman & Littlefield. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

William T. Hartman is a professor of education in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University and co-founder and the executive director of the Center for Total Quality Schools at Pennsylvania State University. His areas of interests include resource allocation to improve teaching and learning, school budgeting, funding approaches for special education and regular education, and quality management in education. Jacqueline A. Stefkovich is a professor of educational administration and head of the Department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include ethics and school leadership and the intersection between what is legal, what is ethical, and what is good administrative practice.